Reposted by Iron Spike
THE MOVIE IS NOT OUT YET.
THE “OPENING” HAS NOT HAPPENED.
Fear-mongering your headlines like this will only discourage people from watching it when it **does** come out.
Iron Spike
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Rahawa Haile, in the newsletter Scratch, picks up on this hesitation: "This is rarely the first point mentioned with regards to sagging nonfiction sales, [but] hardcover books grew too expensive in an economic environment where people of all stripes are barely getting by."
Not only that, she continues, but publishers aren't issuing paperback versions nearly as often as they used to.
In a standard royalty structure, the publisher recoups a higher percentage of the hardcover than on paperback; if the former doesn't hit big, the latter is less attractive. In this, publishers' and writers' interests are at odds. Cancelling the paperback ruins a second chance to reach readers through a fresh marketing push, a possible new cover, and-most crucially—a more affordable format.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mqgocqix73ii3okrzzduspjb/bafkreidp2dfrslldj675fl6az2stkhkomnq4ed5qofgfgnljniqogumonm)
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